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Enter to win a Great Barrington shopping spree worth $500!

Visit at least 10 Great Barrington shops in Saturday, November 25, and enter to win a drawing for 20 gifts certificates with a retail value of $500.

Twenty Great Barrington retailers have joined with The Berkshire Edge to award one lucky winner the prize of 20 gift certificates worth $25 each, for a total retail value of $500. This promotion extends a warm welcome to shoppers who visit Great Barrington businesses on Saturday, November 25.

The list of the 20 participating retailers follows below. Each retailer has contributed a $25 gift certificate to the drawing.

Here’s how you can enter to win:

  • Click on this link to find the Berkshire Edge entry form and print it out.  (Participating merchants will have additional copies available.)
  • Visit at least 10 of the participating merchants on Saturday, November 25, and have your visits validated on your entry form. No purchase is necessary.
  • If you visit 10 participating businesses you can enter the drawing. If you visit all 20, The Edge will enter you three times.
  • Send your entry form, postmarked no later than Tuesday, November 28, to The Berkshire Edge, either by email to info@theberkshireedge.com or by regular mail to P.O. Box 117, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
  • The drawing will be held on Sunday, December 3.  The winner will be notified personally and will be announced in The Berkshire Edge.

Here’s the list of the 20 participating businesses.  For your shopping convenience, the list is organized according to a route from the southern end of the Great Barrington business district to the north. Start at either end, or in the middle, but please visit as many as you can.

  1. Wild Birds Country Store
  2. The Great Barrington Bagel Company
  3. Body & Soul Day Spa
  4. Berkshire Co-op Market
  5. One Mercantile
  6. The Vault Gallery
  7. Hildi B Clothing
  8. Evergreen Fine American Crafts
  9. Lawrence of London
  10. Soco Creamery
  11. The Chef’s Shop
  12. Robin’s Candy
  13. Gorham & Norton
  14. Carr Hardware
  15. Lennox Jewelers
  16. Eagle Shoe and Boot Company
  17. The Berkshire Gold & Silversmith
  18. Domaney’s Liquor and Fine Wines
  19. Berkshire Bike & Board
  20. Pawsh Buddies

The Berkshire Edge thanks you for “shopping local” on Saturday, November 25, and for supporting Great Barrington businesses.

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